Improvement in sap-spoxtts



tim @time en-onen' L. oADY, oir-LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS.-

VLetters Patent, No. 98,026, dated ADecember `21, 1869. I

The Schedule refeiredto 'in'these Letters Patent and makxig part of the name.

'llo allwhom it mag/"concern:

" Be it known that' I,' `GEORG'E, L'. (hilo-idiotv in the county of .l\fI iddl eseX,` and State Vof Massachw" sette, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Combination Sap-Spent and Bucket-Hanger; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and Vexact description thereof,l reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings',- and to the letters ofv reference markedv thereon,

My invention consists' in the arrangement andjfc'oi'i-4 struction of 'the sap-spout, in .conibinationvwith vthe bucket-hanger, whereby -the spout is held in? position by the weight of .the bucket, with'r contents, [without ill the! least, tiiusfallo'wing the sap tov flow` freely; beingv l mutilatin'g, or contractingtheJ-ibifesof thewofcd ple, cheap, durable,and useful.

To` enable others skilledinL he art to and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construe tion and operation. p l

uFigure, l represents la'flongitndinal vsection of my 4improved. devi oe,showing its applicationY and opera` "Figure irepresents "a plan of [my improved device. 'Figure 3 represents a side elevation of the same,

with atixed hangen,

. Figure 4 representsr afsimiiarelevatioii 'aslg.

with .movable hanger, l Y `Similar lettersin the diierentg'ures indicate cor-v responding part`s.`

resents the 4spont,lits form being sexnicircular, of the 4required length ancl tapertl1e, nose b di' which is'provided withalllip, c, the Oth'erfend being inclined in the reverse direction from the lip c, on the end of 'which is formed a Spur, i

This inclined end isconcave in forni, through the bottom of which anfopening, e, is made, which leaves a free passage'for the `sap to owi'rorn the tree h to and-tbroufglr the entirelength ot' the spout a.'

Located and cast onor secured to thev spout a, on -iisunder Side, between the nose/band s pur d, is the iixedhangerf, as shown in. figs. 1 and 3, although the same results would be obtained provided-the hanger j' was movable, as shown in fig. 4 of the drawings.

i .The device, when thuszconstrncted,I is galvanized or plated with tinq'for any other metal or material which will prevent'tbe same from rusting, itthen being.

Vready for use. i y

Iii-the common sap-sponts and bucket-hangers now in use, their construction and arrangementbeing such4 renders them lnot only inconvenient to be used, but, i -wlieudriven-nto the tree, the fangs wedge up and,

contract the fibres, which not only injures-thetree,

. bntimpedes the flowoi sap from the saine; and also when it is required to remove `them from the tree,

they being driven into the same so firmly, makesit extremely diliicult, without breaking them or daxnaging the tree to a greater' or lesser extent.

. With :the use of my improved device, these Adiiiig-v lculties are to a great extent obviated. The inclined part ofthe lspoilt a is-insertedin't'o the hole g, pre- Lvionsly preparedfthe nosel inclining upward. It is then slightly driven into-tlie'holeJ g, so that the end of i the spout'a restson the fibres of the tree ha The nose b is then presseddownward, which operation forces the spur-d .into the 'top part of the hole'g,-

this spur d being the only point in the device that ,'Inntilate's the fibres in the least.

'lbebncket is then hung to the ha1igerf,\ vl1ich,by

4its weight, keeps lthe spout a. in position, at the same time perfectly packingY the spoutawhereit comes in Contact' withthe'treeh.

,This inclined partubeing;` concaved, `prevents the -fescape of sap fromthe tree'h, and conducts. the sameV tothespout ,where it runs toward the nose if. By-

y' itsinelining downward, by aid of the lip'c, itv is compelled to' drop'from vthe-same into the hucket;. and when it is desired to removethe spout a from the tree lathe. nose b is inclined upward, which removes the spur d from `the libres.

.In some instances it may be desirable toV have hangers of different lengths. When'it is thus required,.I

provide amovable hanger, las shown iug. 4 Yof the.. 1 drawingmthe spout et in either caseiheing h eld in po-.1. -sition by the weight of the bucket, with contents.

Having thus described my invention, -VVhat l claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Pat` ent, is'

Cllhe combination ofthe spout u, spur d, and hanger; f, constructed and arrangedrto operate together subv stantally as and for the purpose' herein specified.

l i GEORGE L. GABY. Witnesses-t.

` S. F." GLADWIN, liso. E. PEVEY.

It thencan be easily and 

